Rusti Brandman , (PhD Florida State University), is Coordinator of Dance for the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Florida. She teaches mainly in the areas of modern dance, dance composition, dance history, dance teaching methods and dance in medicine. She has produced about 70 choreographic works for the concert stage and has served as performer, choreographer and/or director for several dance companies, including the professional groups Kinetics Repertory Dance Theatre and New Moves Productions.

Dr. Brandman has presented choreography, master classes and workshops with UF dancers and as a guest artist regionally, nationally, and internationally. She has received awards from the Florida Fine Arts Council, the National Dance Association and the American College Dance Festival Association, was an American Biographical Institute Woman of the Year for 1996 and is currently listed in Who's Who in Entertainment and the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership. She serves on the National Board of Directors for ACDFA.

During her fall 1996 sabatical, Dr. Brandman did in-depth study of the use of the arts in healthcare, becoming an artist in residence for the Shands Hospital Arts in Medicine program. In September 1998 she became the first dancer in residence at Shands at Alachua General Hospital. She has worked with several hundred patients, families and staff on most units of both hospitals, and has presented workshops and performed at several regional and national conferences. As Co-Director of the Center for the Arts-in-Healthcare Research and Education (CAHRE), she is involved with curriculum development and research. Her Healing Motion clinical research project has received two Scholarship Enhancement grants to date.

For more information on CAHRE and the arts in healing field, visit the CAHRE website: www.arts.ufl.edu/cahre

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